The shoulder is the most mobile joint in the body, so it's not surprising that it's one of the most commonly jacked-up joints as well. Nearly everyone I have worked with has messed up their shoulder at one ... Continue Reading
Get Lean, Get Strong, Get Results
Mario Tomic has successfully leveraged his natural curiosity and discipline into a successful career as a coach to entrepreneurs and everymen to help get fit and master their development. In today's ... Continue Reading
Spiderman Push-Ups: One Bodyweight Exercise to Rule Them All
Push-ups are the gold standard in bodyweight and at-home workouts. In fact, they probably deserve to be the go-to exercise from toddler to senior. They don't require any special skills or genetic ... Continue Reading
A Biomechanical Comparison of Kettlebell Snatch Styles
What lessons can we learn from world champions in a biomechanical comparison of different kettlebell snatch styles? What lessons can we learn from world champions in a biomechanical comparison ... Continue Reading
The Pros and Cons of Training to Failure
Paul Carter of Lift Run Bang specializes in hypertrophy and body re composition. He coaches pro bodybuilders and elite strength athletes and works with some of the most respected minds in a strength and ... Continue Reading
The Six Pack of Knowledge: Thought Leaders in Hypertrophy
Find Our Podcasts: iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, Stitcher, PlayerFM, Find Our Podcasts: iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, Stitcher, PlayerFM, PodBean This is a set of interviews with some of the leading ... Continue Reading
Are You a Lifter With Fuzzy Goals?
Imagine this scenario: a lifter at your gym has convinced their friend—Jeff—to sign up for personal training. After getting to know Jeff a bit, you ask him what he wants from working with you, and he ... Continue Reading
Build A Strong Back Without a Gym
My first introduction to strength training was my sophomore year of college. Every day after my last class, I would make my way to the gym and get ready to let off steam. Going to the gym became a part of ... Continue Reading
5 Kettlebell Exercises That Don’t Swing
Kettlebells are basically giant balls of metal with a handle on them. They trace their origins to Eastern Europe, the word girya (kettlebell) actually appears in a Russian distionary circa 1704(1). ... Continue Reading
The 12-Week Workout Designed to Amplify Fat Loss
If you want to improve muscle definition and fast-track your way to washboard abs, then use this fat loss specific, three-phase, muscle-preserving training system. Everyone is wondering what they need to ... Continue Reading
Training for Size, Training for Mass
Bryan Haycock is the creator of hypertrophy specific training or HST for short. In this episode, we take a deep dive into: Bryan Haycock is the creator of hypertrophy specific training or ... Continue Reading
Amor Fati: How Loving Your Fate Helps You Grow
In each and every day of your life, you will face challenges of varying complexity and significance. Some challenges will be so small and so easily overcome that you’ll barely consider them to be a ... Continue Reading
Power Up Your Training Inside and Outside the Gym
Rough power could be the most neglected attribute in the gym besides skipping your warmup. People often think they don't need to train power because they're not an athlete. They think they got no need to ... Continue Reading
Why Is There Still Cheating In Sport?
Cheating in sport is as old as the dawn of time. We all grew up hearing the news of a fallen superstar athlete cheating their way to infamy, but usually it was always performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) ... Continue Reading
How to Grow Like a New Lifter After Lockdown
Calvin Huynh is a trainer, online coach, and writer. He is the founder of Awesome Fitness Science. Calvin’s delves deep into scientific research and then distills the information into easy to understand ... Continue Reading
The Best Exercise to Lose Weight
Diets and fitness advice are like the finger. You focus on the advice too much and you will miss the opportunity to achieve heavenly glory. And that, folks, is how you finally get Bruce Lee into an article ... Continue Reading
The Right Way to Lose Fat: How to Exercise
In a past article, The Right Way To Lose Fat: What To Eat, we addressed the nutrition component of sensible fat loss. A lot was presented such as low carb/high protein, high carb/low fat, micronutrient ... Continue Reading
Use Your Brain to Get Flexible Fast
Okay, guys, let's take a second here and have a bit of a chat, will we? When I say flexibility, what comes to mind? I bet the first thing that you think of is as strong as f**k, right? Not. That's ... Continue Reading
A Miracle of Persistence and Courage
As a coach for the special needs population, you have to know when it's the right time to correct and when it's the right time to encourage (grace or accountability leadership principle) Brandon's trainer, ... Continue Reading
15 Lessons Learned for Lifters From the Great Lockdown
Before the Great Lockdown, many of us refused to take time away from the gym. The forced absence might have been a blessing in disguise for you. At the very least, it will have forced you to take some rest ... Continue Reading
Is Your Gym Healthy?
One of the great head slapping moments of the Great Pandemic has been reading social media posts from gym owners decrying how they don't get to open but bars do because, health. One of the ... Continue Reading
How to Intensify Your At-Home Bodyweight Workout
It's more important than ever to understand how to adapt your training to keep getting results. With gyms closed globally, the question fitness fanatics keep asking is, "Can you still get results from ... Continue Reading
High-Frequency Fat Loss – What I Learned in Lockdown
As I came to terms with the realities of being in lockdown I needed to come up with strategies to help my clients keep moving towards their goals. I decided to take the time at home as an opportunity to ... Continue Reading
The Symbiosis of Gyms and Online Training Post-Pandemic
Amidst the reopening growing pains, most beginners will continue to participate in purchasing or researching online programs or fumble. Personal trainers and or coaches who aren't sold on online ... Continue Reading
